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history of glassmaking

Among the outstanding makers of fine lead glass in the middle Atlantic states were the Brooklyn Flint Glass Works of
John L. Gilliland and Company and the Dorfinger Glass Works. Gilliland, a partner in the Blooming-dale Flint Glass Works, sold out in 1823 and founded his own works in Brooklyn, New York. In 1864 two members of the Houghton family acquired controlling interest, and in 1868 the...